Hutterite colonies, known for running progressive, diversified farms, could become drivers for rural economic development and value-added processing, Kevin Hursh writes.
In August of 2021, a group of farmers, mainly comprised of members from the Washington County Cattlemen’s Association in ...
Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel could slaughter up to 9 million hogs a year12 percent more than now allowedunder a draft wastewater permit proposed this month by the N.C. Department of Environmental ...
Those are the words one hears about the actions of Phil Hare, Dick Durbin and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to obtain taxpayer backed "guaranteed loans" for the proposed Triumph Foods hog ...
City and state officials announced Monday that Smithfield Foods will build a new plant in northwestern Sioux Falls, freeing ...
Trump’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued proposed rules to gut slaughterhouse line speed regulations at poultry and pork processing facilities. If finalized, the poultry rule would allow ...
The planned $1.3 billion investment to create facility that can slaughter about 20,000 hogs a day comes as officials have scrutinized the firm’s ties to China.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a Trump-era rule allowing hog slaughter plants to run without line ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal government regulators proposed changes Friday in the way most hogs slaughtered for meat in the U.S. are processed in a series of new rules that officials say improve ...